indefiniteness

• “The only reply that it is possible is that the indefiniteness is the result of design.”

  The New Testament Commentary Vol. III: John

• “It is extremely difficult to distinguish in observation between vagueness of the illusion due to feebleness in the after-image depending on faint illumination, dark-colored discs or lack of the desirable difference in luminosity between the sectors (cf.p. 171) and the indefiniteness which is due to broad transition-bands existing between the (relatively) pure-color bands.”

  Harvard Psychological Studies, Volume 1 Containing Sixteen Experimental Investigations from the Harvard Psychological Laboratory.

• “They illustrate that indefiniteness which is characteristic of Greek mythology, a theology with no central authority, no link on historic time, liable from the first to an unobserved transformation.”

  Greek Studies: a Series of Essays

• “indefiniteness' and 'general imbecility' of what we had to offer -- all so unworthy a _Bostonian_ audience -- we commenced, and with many interruptions of applause, concluded.”

  International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850

• “indefiniteness" of the Tiger leave and after first claiming "the PGA Tour has not been significantly impacted in a negative way" provided this more realistic assessment.”

  The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed

• “Its euphony and indefiniteness were a charm tohim.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » “We Cannot Ask a Man [Being Considered for the Supreme Court] What He Will Do”

• “Its euphony and indefiniteness were a charm to him.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » “We Cannot Ask a Man [Being Considered for the Supreme Court] What He Will Do”

• “He argues that "doctrinal indefiniteness can be a reasonable expression of epistemic modesty, and that even doctrinal entanglement can be justified when it is the only way of preserving, in the sociocultural environment available, a reflectively stable orientation.”

  The Huffington Post: Michael Ruse: Religion As Morality: Is This the Way Forward in the Science-Religion Debate?

• “Instead, he put it off with vagueness and indefiniteness and inquired after the family, particularly after Mrs. Morse and Ruth.”

  Chapter 44

• “I find indefiniteness a bit harder to get my head around.”

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